Monday, July 30, 2007

Stitching Photos

I have some stitching photos to share this month, as promised (though I'm cutting it a bit fine as usual!)

With the little stitching time I've had, I think I spent most of June and July finishing off block 3 of the Village of Hawk Run Hollow! I completed #3 almost one year to the day I started the project. Hmmmm. So if I keep going at this rate, I'll be finished VoHRH in July 2010! Yikes. I hope it won't take that long. :-D Mind you, if it does, I'm not bothered. I still enjoy working on this, but I know that it's a project I'd easily burn out on if I worked on it more than I do. This works for me, and I'm not in any rush to finish it.


I was all set to do the Scottish flag, until I realised when I was trying to chart it that it wasn't the easiest flag to do - would have taken lots of fractional stitches, and I just didn't have the heart for it (I left the flag to the end, so I was getting a bit fed up and really wanted to finally finish the block off). SO second choice was the Italian flag, which was easy peasy!

I've also been working on Quaker Sampling I (With My Needle). My last progress photo (I really need to take another).


And finally a wee finish!


Geranium House (by Country Cottage Needleworks). I decided to start this one when my mum was getting concerned that some geraniums she'd ordered for her garden hadn't been delivered - she waited weeks and weeks for them. The geranium's did get delivered in the end and all was well. :)


I hope everyone is having a good summer!

20 comments:

Anonymous said...

Nice to see an update from you!

Your WIPs look lovely - congratulations for persevering with VoHRH! Lovely start on the WMN Quaker, I now have this in my stash and I'm mulling over colour combinations.

Pretty finish too - congratulations!

Cheryl said...

I love the VOHRH and hope to buy and start it one day in the near future!
Your quaker piece looks lovely as does geranium house - congrats on the finish!

Michelle said...

Congrats on the beautiful finish - I just love Geranium House. Your WIPs are looking lovely too - good choice stitching the Italian Flag.

Carla said...

Lovely finish!! And your wips are looking great too!!

♥ Sari ♥ said...

Love the CCN finish! :)

Jenn said...

Great progress and finishes!

Kitty Couture said...

Lovely progress Concetta - love your Geranium finish!

cathymk said...

So nice to hear from you!

Geranium house looks fabulous! What a lovely finish and your wips look wonderful too!

Katrina said...

Love all you WIPs and finishes!

Cocca78 said...

Hi, my name is Carlotta and I live in Italy! Congratulation for your fantastic blog and for your WIP!!!! See you soon!
Carlotta

Stitchingranny said...

Lovely stitching and have to agree, its not how long it takes but how much you enjoy the journey that matters.

Singular Stitches said...

Congrats on the Happy Dance and your WIPS are looking great! :o)

Unknown said...

Congratulations on your finish! Geranium house is adorable :)

Sharon said...

Your wip's are lovely-HOHR is so huge-I think your progress is just great. Congrats on the finish! I hope you too are having a good summer.

mainely stitching said...

Love your progress on HoHRH, and I especially love your attitude on finishing it. The joy's in the journey! :D

stitcherw said...

Lots of lovely pictures. Your Houses piece is so pretty, and I totally agree with your approach to working on it when it calls to you but taking your time. Stitching should be fun and you'll enjoy it so much more if you're not focused so hard on finishing it on a certain timeframe.

The Quaker piece is beautiful too, and congratulations on finishing Geranium House. I don't have this one in my stash yet, but seeing all the cute finishes of it being posted recently I think I'm going to need to add it.
Sue

Leslie aka zoeandcooper said...

You have made some great progress on your stitching lately. It all looks fabulous.

Love the new look too!

samplerknn said...

I love your third house!! I am still working on my first!!You have made great progress, even though you say you don't have the time (Do any of us....??)
(Like the new look of the blog!)

Karen

elenamac said...

I love it and with italian flag it's so nice!!!
Love
elena

Aussie Stitcher said...

Geranium House is gorgeous. VOHRH is looking great also. What threads are you using for VOHRH?

Joanne